In Theaters This Weekend: Reviews of 'Jack the Giant Slayer,' '21 and Over' and More

What THR's critics say about the movies opening this week.

Action and adventure await.

Inspired by the Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack and the Giant Killer fairy tales, Warner Bros.' Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of a farmer named Jack, played by Nicholas Hoult, who has to battle giants in order to save a kidnapped princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson). Director Bryan Singer also leads cast members Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, John Kassir and Ian McShane in this epic tale of fighting an ancient war and reclaiming one's land.

Mark Webber, who appears as an actor in two other Sundance premieres, Save the Date and For a Good Time, Call..., weighs in with his second feature as director, playing a grieving father struggling to raise his two-year-old son alone. Read David Rooney's review here.

Hava Nagila (The Movie)

Roberta Grossman's documentary details the history of the bar mitzvah mainstay that has been covered by the likes of Elvis, Glen Campbell and Bruce Springsteen. Read Frank Scheck's review here.